The outsider
The Outsider (American Original: The Outsider ) is a horror - novel of US writer Stephen King , who on May 22, 2018 Publisher Charles Scribner's Sons published. The German translation of the novel by Bernhard Kleinschmidt was published by Heyne Verlag in August 2018 .
action
The violated body of an eleven-year-old boy is found in Flint City's city park. Eyewitness reports and evidence of the crime scene clearly point to an innocent citizen: Terry Maitland, a popular English teacher and coach of the youth baseball team, married, two young daughters. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son was trained by Maitland, orders an immediate arrest, which takes place in public. The suspect can provide an alibi, but Anderson and the prosecutor have clear DNA evidence of the crime after the autopsy - a water-tight case?
As the investigation continues, more and more terrible details come to light, but also more and more inconsistencies. Does the nice Maitland really have two faces and is capable of such outrages? How do you explain that he was in two places at the same time? After all, nobody is counting on the real, terrible answer.
background
The novel was first mentioned in an interview for USA Today on August 7, 2017. The book cover was released on January 18, 2018. On May 25, 2018, an excerpt from the novel was published in Entertainment Weekly .
Links to other King factories
The character Holly Gibney from the Bill Hodges trilogy ( Mr. Mercedes , Finderlohn , Mind Control ) is a main character in the book. The novel makes partial reference to the trilogy.
The concept of Ka from The Dark Tower is also mentioned.
TV adaptation
In June 2018 it was announced that Media Rights Capital would film the novel in a 10-part miniseries with Jack Bender and Marty Bowen as executive producers . Ben Mendelsohn plays Detective Ralph Anderson, Jason Bateman the role of Terry Maitland and Cynthia Erivo the role of Holly Gibney. The series premiered in 2020.
Individual evidence
- ↑ StephenKing.com - The Outsider. Retrieved October 14, 2018 .
- ↑ Q&A: Stephen King busier than ever with 'Mr. Mercedes' show, new books . In: USA TODAY . ( usatoday.com [accessed October 14, 2018]).
- ↑ Exclusive: Stephen King's new novel 'The Outsider' gets a chilling cover: Exclusive . In: EW.com . ( ew.com [accessed October 14, 2018]).
- ↑ It's 'GLOW' time! Get an exclusive season 2 first look with this week's cover . In: EW.com . ( ew.com [accessed October 14, 2018]).
- ↑ Mike Fleming Jr: Richard Price To Script MRC 10-Episode Series Adaptation Of Stephen King's 'The Outsider;' Jack Bender, Marty Bowen EPs . In: Deadline . June 11, 2018 ( deadline.com [accessed October 14, 2018]).
- ↑ Stephen King's "The Outsider" as a series: In their grief they strike. In: DerStandard.at . January 9, 2020, accessed January 10, 2020 .
- ^ The Outsider. In: IMDb. Accessed March 31, 2020 (English).